#THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY ACT, 2017 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS

1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Declaration  of  Indian  Institute  of  Petroleum  and  Energy  as  an  institution  of  national 
importance. 
3. Definitions. 
4. Incorporation of Institute. 
5. Constitution of Board of Governors. 
6. Term of office of, vacancies among, and allowances payable to, members of Board. 
7. Vesting of properties. 
8. Effect of incorporation of Institute. 
9. Functions of Institute. 
10. Powers of Board. 
11. Institute to be open to all races, creeds and classes. 
12. Teaching at the Institute. 
13. Visitor. 
14. Authorities of Institute. 
15. Constitution of General Council. 
16. Powers and functions of General Council. 
17. Senate. 
18. Functions of Senate. 
19. President of Board. 
20. Director. 
21. Registrar. 
22. Powers and duties of other authorities and officers. 
23. Grants by Central Government. 
24. Fund of Institute. 
25. Setting-up of endowment fund. 
26. Budget of Institute. 
27. Accounts and audit 
28. Annual report. 
29. Pension, provident fund, etc. 
30. Authentication of orders and instruments of Institute. 
31. Appointment. 
32. Statutes. 
33. Statutes how made. 
34. Ordinances. 
35. Ordinances how made. 
36. Conduct of business by authorities of Institute. 
37. Tribunal of Arbitration. 
38. Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies. 
39. Grant of degrees, etc., by Institute. 
40. Sponsored schemes. 
41. Control by Central Government. 
42. Resolution of differences. 
43. Power to remove difficulties. 
44. Transitional provisions. 
45. Statutes, Ordinances and notifications to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid 
before Parliament. 



#THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY ACT, 2017 

##ACT NO. 3 OF 2018 

[5th January, 2018.] 

An Act to declare the institution known as the Indian  Institute of Petroleum  and Energy to be an 
institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and for matters connected 
therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. **Short title and commencement.**—(1) This Act may be called the Indian Institute of Petroleum and 
Energy Act, 2017. 

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the 
Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. 

2. **Declaration  of  India  Institute  of  Petroleum  and  Energy  as  an  institution  of  national 
importance.**—Whereas the objects of the institution known as the Indian Institute of Petroleum and 
Energy, Vishakhapatnam,  Andhra  Pradesh  are  such  as  to  make  the  institution  one  of  national 
importance, it is hereby declared that the institution known as the Indian Institute of Petroleum and 
Energy is an institution of national importance. 

3. **Definitions.**—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

  (a) “appointed  day”  means  the  date  appointed  under  sub-section  (2)  of  section  1  for  coming 
into force of this Act; 

  (b) “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Institute constituted under sub-section (1) of 
section 5; 

  (c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the General Council; 

  (d) “Director” means the Director of the Institute appointed under section 20; 

  (e) “fund” means the fund of the Institute to be maintained under section 24; 

  (f) “General Council” means the General Council constituted under sub-section (1) of 
section 15; 

  (g) “Institute” means the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy incorporated under section 4; 

  (h) “President” means the President of the Board appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) 
of section 5; 

  (i) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Institute referred to in section 21; 

  (j) “Senate” means the Senate of the Institute referred to in section 17; 

  (k) “Society”  means  the  Indian  Institute  of  Petroleum  and  Energy  Society,  Vishakhapatnam, 
Andhra  Pradesh  registered  under  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Societies  Registration  Act,  2001  (Andhra 
Pradesh Act 35 of 2001); and 

  (l) “Statutes”  and  “Ordinances”  mean,  respectively,  the  Statutes  and  the  Ordinances  of  the 
Institute made under this Act. 

4. **Incorporation of Institute.**—The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Vishakhapatnam, 
Andhra Pradesh, an institution registered under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2001, 
shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the 
provisions  of  this  Act,  to  acquire,  hold  and  dispose  of  property  and  to  contract,  and  shall,  by  that 
name, sue and be sued. 

5. **Constitution of Board of Governors.**—(1)  With  effect  from  such  date  as  the  Central 
Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  appoint,  there  shall  be  constituted  by  the 
Central Government for the purposes of this  Act,  a  Board  to  be  known  as  the  Board  of  Governors 
consisting of the following members, namely:— 

  (a) the  President  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central  Government  in  such  manner  as  may  be 
provided by the Statutes: 

Provided that the first President shall be appointed by the Central Government on such terms and 
conditions as it deems fit, for a period not exceeding six months from the date the first Statutes comes 
into force; 

  (b) the Director of the Institute, ex officio; 

  (c) two persons from the Board of Directors of the promoting companies to be nominated by 
the Central Government. 

*Explanation.*—For  the  purposes  of  this  clause,  promoting  companies  mean  those  companies 
contributing to the endowment fund referred to in section 25; 

  (d) one Professor of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore to be nominated by the Director 
of that Institute; 

  (e) five eminent experts in the field of petroleum technology, renewable and non-renewable energy 
covering the entire hydrocarbon value chain having specialised knowledge or operational experience 
in  respect  of  education,  research,  engineering  and  technology  to  be  nominated  by  the  General 
Council, in consultation with the Director of the Institute; 

  (f) two Professors of the Institute to be nominated by the Senate of the Institute; and 

  (g) one  representative  of  the  graduates  of  the  Institute  to  be  nominated  by  the  Executive 
Committee of the Alumni Association. 

(2) The Registrar of the Institute shall act as the Secretary of the Board. 

(3) The Board shall ordinarily meet four times during a calendar year. 

6. **Term of office of, vacancies among, and allowances payable to, members of Board.**—(1) 
Save as otherwise provided in this section, the term of office of the President or any other member of 
the  Board,  other  than *ex officio* members,  shall  be  three  years  from  the  date  of  his  appointment  or 
nomination thereto. 

(2) An *ex officio* member shall cease to be a member of the Board as soon as he vacates the office 
by virtue of which he is a member of the Board. 

(3) The term of a member nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for the remainder of 
the term of the member in whose place he has been nominated. 

(4) Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  this  section,  an  outgoing  member  shall,  unless  the 
Central  Government  otherwise  directs,  continue  in  office  until  another  person  is  nominated  as  a 
member in his place. 

(5) The members of the Board shall be entitled to such allowances, if any,  from the Institute, as 
may be provided for in the Statutes, but no member other than the member referred to in clause (f) of 
section 5 shall be entitled to any salary. 

7. **Vesting of properties.**—On and from the appointed day and subject to the other provisions of 
this  Act,  all  properties  which  had  vested  in  the  Society  immediately  before  that  day,  shall,  on  and 
from that day, vest in the Institute. 

8. **Effect of incorporation of Institute.**—On and from the appointed day,— 

  (a) any reference to the Society in any contract or other instrument shall be deemed as a 
reference to the Institute; 

  (b) all  the  rights  and  liabilities  of  the  Society  shall  be  transferred  to,  and  be  the  rights  and 
liabilities of, the Institute. 

9. **Functions of Institute.**—The Institute shall perform the following functions, namely:— 

  (i) nurture  and  promote  quality  and  excellence  in  education  and  research  in  the  area  of 
petroleum and hydrocarbons and energy; 

  (ii) provide for programmes and courses of instruction and research leading to the award of the 
Bachelors,  Masters  and  Doctoral  degrees  in  engineering  and  technology,  management,  sciences 
and arts in the area of petroleum and hydrocarbons and energy; 

  (iii) grant, subject to such conditions as the Institute may determine, degrees, diplomas, certificates 
or other academic distinctions or titles at various academic levels to candidates who have attained the 
prescribed  standard  of  proficiency  as  judged  on  the  basis  of  examination  or  on  any  other  basis  of 
testing  and  evaluation  and  to  withdraw  any  such  degrees,  diplomas,  certificates  or  other  academic 
distinctions or titles for good and sufficient reasons; 

  (iv) confer  honorary  degrees  or  other  distinctions  and  to  institute  and  award  fellowships, 
scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and medals; 

  (v) lay  down  standards  of  admission  to  the  Institute  through  an  examination  or  any  other 
method of testing and evaluation; 

  (vi) manage the content, quality, design and continuous evaluation of its academic and research 
programmes in a manner that earns accreditation of an international stature; 

  (vii) promote research and development for the benefit of oil, gas and petrochemical industry 
and the energy sector through the integration of teaching and research; 

  (viii) foster  close  educational  and  research  interaction  through  networking  with  national, 
regional and international players in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry and the energy sector; 

  (ix) co-operate with educational and research institutions in any part of the world having objects 
wholly or partly similar to those of the Institute by exchange of teachers and scholars, conduct of 
joint research, undertaking sponsored research and consultancy projects, etc; 

  (x) organise  national  and  international  symposia,  seminars  and  conferences  in  the  area  of 
petroleum and hydrocarbons and energy; 

  (xi) establish, maintain and manage halls, residences and hostels for students and to lay down 
conditions for residing in the halls and hostels; 

  (xii) supervise, control and regulate the discipline of all categories of employees of the Institute 
and to make arrangements for promoting their health and general welfare; 

  (xiii) supervise  and  regulate  the  discipline  of  students  and  to  make  arrangements  for  promoting 
their health, general welfare and cultural and corporate life; 

  (xiv) frame Statutes and to alter, modify or rescind the same; 

  (xv) deal  with  any  property  belonging  to  or  vested  in  the  Institute  in  such  manner  as  the 
Institute may deem fit for advancing its objects; 

  (xvi) receive  gifts,  grants,  donations  or  benefactions  from  the  Central  Government  and  the  State 
Governments  and  to  receive  bequests,  donations,  grants  and  transfers  of  movable  or  immovable 
properties from testators, donors, transferors, alumni, industry or any other person; 

  (xvii) borrow money for the purposes of the Institute with or without security of the property of 
the Institute; 

  (xviii) integrate  new  technology  in  the  classroom  to  encourage  student-centric  learning 
strategies and the development of an attitude for learning; 

  (xix) develop  and  maintain  an  information  resource  centre  of  print  and  non-print  knowledge 
resources in the field of petroleum sector covering the entire hydrocarbon value chain as well as other 
related areas of energy, science and technology; 

  (xx) provide  for  further  education  to  the  working  professionals  and  other  employees  of  the 
Institute in the advanced areas of technology relating to oil, gas, complete hydrocarbon value chain 
and energy; 

  (xxi) offering  customised  programmes  that  serve  the  current  and  ongoing  needs  of  working 
professionals  for  continuing  education  at  the  cutting-edge  of  petroleum  and  energy  sector  at  the 
campus of the Institute or at company site; 

  (xxii) encouraging  industry  to  sponsor  their  staff  to  join  the  Institute  for  higher  degrees  and 
work  on  problems  that  interest  the  sponsoring  industry  thus  helping  develop  deeper  interactions 
and a research environment in the industry; 

  (xxiii)  fostering  the  creation  of  new  basic  knowledge  and  applied  technology  and  its  active 
transmission  to  companies  for  the  benefit  of  the  nation  and  for  this  purpose  establishing  an 
Intellectual Property Rights cell to patent the new developments made at the Institute and to license 
them nationally and internationally; 

  (xxiv) being  proactive in supporting the skill  development  programmes  of  the Government  of 
India by training people in various related areas by way of certificate and diploma courses at the 
campus  of  the  Institute  or  at  other  locations  and  involving  industry  in  design  and  conduct  of 
curricula; 

  (xxv) giving broad focus to the functioning of the Institute in the area of petroleum and petroleum 
related technologies under the wide umbrella of energy; and 

  (xxvi) doing  all  such  things,  not  specifically  covered  above,  as  may  be  necessary,  incidental  or 
conducive to the attainment of all or any of the objects of the Institute. 

10. **Powers of Board.**—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board shall be responsible for 
the general superintendence, direction and control of the affairs of the Institute and shall exercise all 
the powers not otherwise provided for by this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, and shall have the 
power to review the acts of the Senate.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the Board shall— 

  (a) take  decisions  on  questions  of  policy  relating  to  the  administration  and  working  of  the 
Institute; 

  (b) lay  down  policy  regarding  the  duration  of  the  courses,  nomenclature  of  the  degrees  and 
other distinctions to be conferred by the Institute; 

  (c) institute  courses  of  study  and  to  lay  down  standards  of  proficiency  and  other  academic 
distinctions in respect of the courses offered by the Institute; 

  (d) lay down policy regarding the cadre structure, qualification, the method of recruitment and 
conditions  of  service  of  the  teaching  and  research  faculty  as  well  as  other  employees  of  the 
Institute; 

  (e) guide resource mobilisation of the Institute and to lay down policies for investment; 

  (f) consider and approve proposals for taking loans for purposes of the Institute with or without 
security of the property of the Institute; 

  (g) frame Statutes and to alter, modify or rescind the same; 

  (h)  consider  and  pass  resolutions  on  the  annual  report,  the  annual  accounts  and  the  budget 
estimates of the Institute for the next financial year as it thinks fit together with a statement of its 
development plans; 

  (i) create academic, administrative, technical and other posts and to make appointments thereto 
and to provide avenues for their growth and development; 

  (j) examine and approve the development plans of the Institute and the financial implications of 
such plans; 

  (k) examine and approve the annual operation and capital budget estimates of Institute for the 
next financial year and to sanction expenditure within the limits of the approved budget; 

  (l) receive  gifts,  grants,  bequests,  donations  or  benefactions  and  transfer  of  movable  or 
immovable properties from the Central Government and the State Governments and from testators, 
donors, or transferors, as the case may be, and to have custody of the funds of the Institute; 

  (m) fix, demand and receive fees and other charges; 

  (n) to sue and defend all legal proceedings on behalf of the Institute; and 

  (o) do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment of all or 
any of the aforesaid powers. 

(3) The Board shall have the power to appoint such committees as it considers necessary for the 
exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this Act. 

(4) The Board shall have the power to establish campus and academic centres at any place within 
or outside India: 

Provided  that  no campus  or  academic  centre  shall  be  established  outside  India without  the  prior 
approval of the Central Government. 

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4, the Board shall not dispose of in any manner, 
any immovable property of the Institute without prior approval of the Central Government. 

(6) The  Board  may,  through  a  specific  resolution  to  this  effect,  delegate  any  of  its  powers  and 
duties to the President, Director, any officer or any authority of the Institute subject to reserving the 
right to review the action that may be taken under such delegated authority. 

11. **Institute to be open to all races, creeds and classes.**—(1)  The  Institute  shall  be  open  to 
persons  of  either  sex  and  of  whatever  race,  creed,  caste  or  class,  and  no  test  or  condition  shall  be 
imposed as to religious belief or profession in admitting students, appointing teachers or employees or 
in any other connection whatsoever. 

(2) No bequest, donation or transfer of any property shall be accepted by the Institute which in the 
opinion  of  the  Board  involves  conditions  or  obligations  opposed  to  the  spirit  and  object  of  this 
section. 

12. **Teaching at the Institute.**—All teaching and other academic activities at the Institute shall be 
conducted by or in the name of the Institute in accordance with the Statutes and the Ordinances made 
in this behalf. 

13. **Visitor.**—(1) The President of India shall be the Visitor of the Institute. 

(2) The Visitor may appoint one or more persons to review the work and progress of the Institute 
and to hold inquiries into the affairs thereof and to report thereon in such manner as the Visitor may 
direct. 

(3) Upon receipt of any such report, the Visitor may take such action and issue such directions as 
he considers necessary in respect of any of the matters dealt with in the report and the Institute shall 
be bound to comply with such directions. 

14. **Authorities of Institute.**—The following shall be the authorities of the Institute, namely:— 

  (a) the General Council; 
  (b) the Board of Governors; 
  (c) the Senate; and 
  (d) such  other  authorities  as  may  be  declared  by  the  Statutes  to  be  the  authorities  of  the 
Institute. 

15. **Constitution of General Council.**—(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government 
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be constituted, for the purposes of this 
Act, a body to be known as the General Council. 

(2) The General Council shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

  (a) the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in the Central Government, ex officio, 
who shall be the Chairperson; 

  (b) the Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, ex officio; 

  (c) the Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, ex officio; 

  (d) the Chairman and Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ex officio; 

  (e) the Chairman and Managing Director, Gas Authority of India Limited, ex officio; 

  (f) the Director General of Hydrocarbons, ex officio; 

  (g) the Principal Advisor (Energy), NITI Aayog, ex officio; 

  (h) the Executive Director, Oil Industry Safety Directorate, ex officio; 

  (i) the Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, ex officio; 

  (j) the Director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, ex officio; 

  (k) the Secretary, Oil Industry Development Board, ex officio; 

  (l) the President of the Board, ex officio; 

  (m) the Director of the Institute , ex officio; and 

  (n)  persons,  not  less  than  two  but  not  exceeding  four,  representing  the  private  entities  in  the 
field of petroleum sector operating in the country, to be nominated by the Chairperson. 

(3) The Registrar of the Institute shall be the ex officio Secretary of the General Council. 

(4) The Chairperson shall have the power to invite any person who is not a member of the General 
Council to attend its meeting but such invitee shall not be entitled to vote. 

16. **Powers and functions of General Council.**—Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the 
General Council shall have the following powers and functions, namely:— 

(a) review from time to time the broad policies and programmes of the Institute and to suggest 
measures for the improvement, development and expansion of the Institute thereof; 

(b) consider  the  annual  statement  of  accounts  including  a  balance-sheet  together  with  the  audit 
report thereto and the observations of the Board of Governors thereon and to suggest improvements in 
fiscal management of the Institute; 

(c) review and evaluate overall quality and effectiveness of the Institute and to advise measures 
for  improvement  of  performance  and  for  confidence-building  between  the  Institute  and  its 
stakeholders; 

(d) provide credibility, aura, connectivity and contacts for the Institute especially with regard to 
student placement and resource mobilisation; 

(e) advise the Institute and its Board in respect to new cutting edge areas of technology in the 
domain of energy and hydrocarbon development including oil, gas, renewable and non-renewable 
energy, etc., that the Institute needs to pursue, as well as in respect of any other matter referred to 
it by the Board for advice; and 

(f) advise the Institute and its Board in respect of the advanced areas of technology in the field 
of petroleum sector covering the entire hydrocarbon value chain as well as in respect of any other 
matter that may be referred to it for advice by the Board. 

17. **Senate.**—The Senate of the Institute shall be the principal academic body and its 
composition shall be such as may be provided by the Statutes.

18. **Functions of Senate.**—Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances, 
the  Senate  shall  have  the  control  and  general  regulation,  and  be  responsible for the  maintenance  of 
standards  of  instruction,  education  and  examination  in  the  Institute  and  shall  exercise  such  other 
powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the Statutes.

19. **President of Board.**—(1) The President shall ordinarily preside at the meetings of the Board 
and at the Convocations of the Institute. 

(2) It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to  ensure  that  the  decisions  taken  by  the  Board  are 
implemented. 

(3) The  President  shall  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
assigned to him by this Act or the Statutes. 

20. **Director.**—(1) The Director of the Institute shall be appointed by the Central Government in 
such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be provided by the Statutes:

Provided that the first Director shall be appointed by the Central Government on such terms and 
conditions as it deems fit, for a period not exceeding one year from the date the first Statutes come 
into force. 

(2) The Director shall be the principal academic and executive officer of the Institute and shall be 
responsible for the proper administration and academic performance of the Institute and for imparting of 
instruction and maintenance of discipline therein. 

(3) The Director shall submit annual reports and accounts to the Board. 

(4) The  Director  shall  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
assigned to him by this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances. 

21. **Registrar.**—(1) The Registrar of the Institute shall be appointed in such manner and on such 
terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  provided  by  the  Statutes  and  shall  be  the  custodian  of  records,  the 
common  seal,  the  funds  of  the  Institute  and  such  other  property  of  the  Institute  as  the  Board  shall 
commit to his charge. 

(2) The Registrar shall act as the Secretary of the General Council, the Board, the Senate and such 
committees as may be provided by the Statutes. 

(3) The Registrar shall be responsible to the Director for the proper discharge of his functions. 

(4) The  Registrar  shall  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
assigned to him by this Act, the Statutes or by the Director. 

22. **Powers and duties of other authorities and officers.**—The powers and duties of authorities 
and officers, other than those hereinbefore mentioned, shall be determined by the Statutes. 

23. **Grants by Central Government.**—For the purpose of enabling the Institute to discharge its 
functions  efficiently  under  this  Act,  the  Central  Government  may,  after  due  appropriation  made  by 
Parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the Institute such sums of money and  in such manner as it 
may think fit. 

24. **Fund of Institute.**—(1) The Institute shall maintain a fund to which shall be credited—

  (a) all moneys provided by the Central Government; 

  (b) all fees and other charges; 

  (c) all  moneys  received  by  the  Institute  by  way  of  grants,  gifts,  donations,  benefactions, 
bequests or transfers; and 

  (d) all moneys received by the Institute in any other manner or from any other source. 

(2) All moneys credited to the fund shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as 
may be decided by the Board. 

(3) The  fund  shall  be  applied  towards  meeting  the  expenses  of  the  Institute  including  expenses 
incurred in the exercise of its powers and discharge of its duties under this Act. 

25. **Setting-up of endowment fund.**—Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  24,  the 
Institute may,— 

  (a) set-up an endowment fund and any other fund for a specified purpose; and 

  (b) transfer money from its fund to the endowment fund or any other fund. 

26. **Budget of Institute.**—The Institute shall prepare, in such form and at such time every year, a 
budget in respect of the financial year next ensuing, showing the estimated receipts and expenditure of 
the Institute and shall forward to the Central Government such number of copies thereof as may be 
provided by the Statutes. 

27. **Accounts and audit.**—(1) The Institute shall maintain proper accounts  and  other  relevant 
records and prepare an annual statement of accounts, including the balance-sheet, in such form as may 
be prescribed by the Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of 
India. 

(2) The  accounts  of  the  Institute  shall  be  audited  by  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of 
India  and  any  expenditure  incurred  by  him  in  connection  with  such  audit  shall  be  payable  by  the 
Institute to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. 

(3) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in connection 
with  the  audit  of  the  accounts  of  the  Institute  shall  have  the  same  rights,  privileges  and  authority  in 
connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the 
audit  of  the  Government accounts, and, in  particular, shall have the  right  to  demand  the production of 
books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect the offices of the 
Institute. 

(4) The accounts of the Institute as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or 
any  other  person  appointed  by  him  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be 
forwarded annually to the Central Government and that Government shall cause the same to be laid 
before each House of Parliament. 

28. **Annual report.**—The Institute shall prepare for every year a report of its activities during that 
year and submit the report to the Central Government in such form and on or before such date as may 
be provided by the Statutes and a copy of this report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament 
within one month of its receipt. 

29. **Pension, provident fund, etc.**—(1)  The  Institute  shall  constitute  for  the  benefit  of  its 
employees, including the Director, such pension, insurance and provident fund scheme as it deems fit, 
in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be provided by the Statutes.

(2) Where any such provident fund has been so constituted, the Central Government may declare 
that the provisions of the Provident Funds Act, 1925 (19 of 1925) shall apply to such fund as if it were 
a Government provident fund. 

30. **Authentication of orders and instruments of Institute.**—All orders and decisions of the 
Institute shall be authenticated by the Director or any other member authorised by the Institute in this 
behalf and all other instruments shall be authenticated by the signature of the Director or such officers 
as may be authorised by the Institute.

31. **Appointment.**—All appointments of the staff of the Institute, except that of the Director shall 
be made in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Statutes,— 

(a) by the Board, if the appointment is made on the academic staff in the post of Assistant Professor 
or above or if the appointment is made on the non-academic staff in any cadre, the maximum of the 
pay scale for which is the same or higher than that of Assistant Professor; and 

(b) by the Director, in any other case. 

32. **Statutes.**—Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes may provide for all or any of the 
following matters, namely:—

  (a) the formation of departments of teaching and other academic units; 

  (b) the institution of fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

  (c) the  classification  of  posts,  term  of  office,  method  of  appointment,  powers  and  duties  and 
other  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  the  officers  of  the  Institute  including  the  President,  the 
Director, the Registrar, and such other officers as may be declared as officers of the Institute by the 
Statutes; 

  (d) the  classification,  the  method  of  appointment  and  the  determination  of  the  terms  and 
conditions of service of officers, teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

  (e) the reservation of posts for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and other categories 
of persons as may be determined by the Central Government; 

  (f) the  form  in  which  and  the  time  at  which  the  budget  and  reports  shall  be  prepared  by  the 
Institute; 

  (g) the form of annual report; 

  (h) the constitution of pension,  insurance  and  provident  funds  for  the  benefit  of  the  officers, 
teachers and other staff of the Institute; 

  (i) the  constitution,  powers  and  duties  of  the  other  authorities  of  the  Institute  referred  to  in 
clause (d) of section 14; 

  (j) the delegation of powers; 

  (k) the  code  of  conduct,  disciplinary  actions  thereto  for  misconduct  including  removal  from 
service of employees on account of misconduct and the procedure for appeal against the actions of 
an officer or authority of the Institute; 

  (l) the conferment of honorary degrees; 

  (m) the establishment and maintenance of halls, residences and hostels; 

  (n) he authentication of the orders and decisions of the Board; and 

  (o) any other matter which by this Act is to be, or may be, provided by the Statutes. 

33. **Statutes how made.**—(1) The first Statutes of the Institute shall be framed by the Central 
Government  and  a  copy  of  the  same  shall  be  laid,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  it  is  made,  before  each 
House of Parliament. 

(2) The Board may, from time to time, make new or additional Statutes or may amend or repeal the 
Statutes in the manner hereafter in this section provided. 

(3) A new Statute or addition to the Statutes or any amendment or repeal of a Statute shall require 
the previous approval of the General Council who may assent thereto or withhold assent or remit it to 
the Board for consideration. 

(4) A  new  Statute  or  a  Statute  amending  or  repealing  an  existing  Statute  shall  have  no  validity 
unless it has been assented to by the General Council. 

34. **Ordinances.**—Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  the  Statutes,  the  Ordinances  may 
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

  (a) the admission of the students to the Institute; 

  (b) the  reservation  for  the  Scheduled  Castes,  the  Scheduled  Tribes  and  other  categories  of 
persons; 

  (c) the  courses  of  study  to  be  laid  down  for  all  degrees,  diplomas  and  certificates  of  the 
Institute; 

  (d) the conditions under which students shall be admitted to the degree, diploma and certificate 
courses  and  to  the  examinations  of  the  Institute  and  the  eligibility  conditions  for  awarding  the 
same; 

  (e) the conditions of award of the fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, medals and prizes; 

  (f) the conditions and manner of appointment and duties of examining bodies, examiners and 
moderators; 

  (g) the conduct of examinations; 

  (h) the maintenance of discipline among the students of the Institute; 

  (i) the  fees  to  be  charged  for  courses  of  study  at  the  Institute  and  for  admission  to  the 
examinations; 

  (j) the  conditions  of  residence  of  students  of  the  Institute  and  the  levying  of  the  fees  for 
residence in the halls and hostels and of other charges; and 

  (k) any other matter which by this Act or the Statutes is to be, or may be, provided for by the 
Ordinances. 

35. **Ordinances how made.**—(1) The First Ordinance of the Institute shall be framed by the Central 
Government. 

(2) Save as otherwise provided in this section, Ordinances shall be made by the Senate. 

(3) All Ordinances made by the Senate shall have effect from such date as it may direct, but every 
Ordinance so made shall be submitted, as soon as may be, to the Board and shall be considered by the 
Board at its next succeeding meeting. 

(4) The Board shall have power by resolution to modify or cancel any such Ordinance and such 
Ordinance shall from the date of such resolution stand modified accordingly or cancelled, as the case 
may be. 

36. **Conduct of business by authorities of Institute.**—The  authorities  of  the  Institute  may  have 
their own rules of procedure, consistent with the provisions of this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances 
for  the  conduct  of  their  own  business  and  that  of  the  committees,  if  any,  appointed  by  them  and  not 
provided for by this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances. 

37. **Tribunal of Arbitration.**—(1) Any dispute arising out of a contract between the Institute and any 
of  its  employees  shall,  at  the  request  of  the  employee  concerned  or  at  the  instance  of  the  Institute,  be 
referred to a Tribunal of Arbitration consisting of one member appointed by the Institute, one member 
nominated by the employee, and an umpire appointed by the Visitor. 

(2) The decision of the Tribunal of Arbitration shall be final. 

(3) No  suit  or  proceeding  shall  lie  in  any  court  in  respect  of  any  matter  which  is  required  by 
sub-section (1) to be referred to the Tribunal of Arbitration. 

(4) The Tribunal of Arbitration shall have power to regulate its own procedure. 

(5) Nothing in any law for the time being in force relating to arbitration shall apply to arbitrations 
under this section. 

38. **Acts and proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies.**—No  act  of  the  Institute  or  the 
General Council or Board or Senate or any other body set-up under this Act or the Statutes, shall be 
invalid merely by reasons of— 

(a) any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution thereof, or 

(b) any  defect  in  the  election,  nomination  or  appointment  of  a  person  acting  as  a  member 
thereof, or 

(c) any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case. 

39. **Grant of degrees, etc., by Institute.**—Notwithstanding  anything  in  the  University  Grants 
Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956)  or in any other law for the time being in force, the Institute shall 
have power to grant degrees and other academic distinctions and titles under this Act. 

40. **Sponsored schemes.**—Notwithstanding  anything  in  this  Act,  whenever  the  Institute  receives 
funds  from  any  Government,  the  University  Grants  Commission  or  any  other  agency  including 
industry sponsoring a research scheme, a consultancy assignment, a teaching programme or a chaired 
professorship or a scholarship, to be executed or endowed at the Institute,— 

  (a) the amount received shall be kept by the Institute separately from the fund of the Institute 
and utilised only for the purpose of the scheme; and 

  (b) the staff required to execute the same shall be recruited in accordance with the terms and 
conditions stipulated by the sponsoring organisation: 

Provided  that  any  money  remaining  unutilised  under  clause  (a)  shall  be  transferred  to  the 
endowment fund created under section 25. 

41. **Control by Central Government.**—The Institute shall carry out such directions as may be 
issued to it from time to time by the Central Government for the efficient administration of this Act. 

42. **Resolution of differences.**—If  in,  or  in  connection  with,  the  exercise  of  its  powers  and 
discharge of its functions by the Institute under this Act, any dispute or difference arises between the 
Institute and the Central Government, the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final.

43. **Power to remove difficulties.**—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions 
or give such directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appears to it to be necessary or 
expedient for removing the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of two years from the appointed day. 

(2) Every order made under this section  shall  be laid,  as  soon  as  may  be  after it is  made, before 
each House of Parliament. 

44. **Transitional provisions.**—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,— 

  (a) the  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Society  functioning  as  such  immediately  before  the 
commencement  of  this  Act  shall  continue  to  so  function  until  a  new  Board  is  constituted  for  the 
Institute under this Act, but on the constitution of a new Board under this Act, the members of the 
Board holding office before such constitution shall cease to hold office; and 

  (b) until  the  first  Statutes  and  the  Ordinances  are  made  under  this  Act,  the  Statutes  and  the 
Ordinances  of  the  Indian  Institute  of  Petroleum  and  Energy  Society,  as  in  force,  immediately 
before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to apply to the Institute insofar as they are 
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. 

45. **Statutes, Ordinances and notifications to be published in the Official Gazette and to be 
laid before Parliament.**—(1) Every Statute and every Ordinance made or notification issued under 
this Act shall be published in the Official Gazette. 

(2) Every Statute and every Ordinance made or notification issued under this Act shall be laid, as 
soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total 
period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, 
and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions 
aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the Statute, Ordinance or notification or 
both  Houses  agree  that  the  Statute,  Ordinance  or  notification  should  not  be  made  or  issued,  the 
Statute, Ordinance or notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no 
effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so,  however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without 
prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that Statute, Ordinance or notification. 

(3)  The  power  to  make  the  Statutes,  Ordinances  or  notifications  shall  include  the  power  to  give 
retrospective effect from a date not earlier than the date of commencement of this Act, to the Statutes, 
Ordinances,  notifications  or  any  of  them  but  no  retrospective  effect  shall  be  given  to  any  Statute, 
Ordinance  or  notification  so  as  to  prejudicially  affect  the  interests  of  any  person  to  whom  such 
Statute, Ordinance or notification may be applicable.